We are delighted to announce that Brooklyn Brewery's BLAST! has been bottled and is now available to order. BLAST! was first introduced in 2005 and has been a firm favourite in the Brewery Tap room with the Williamsburg locals.

When it comes to beer, Autumn is by far our favourite season - brewers are playing with ingredients from the year's harvest and big flavours are being introduced to warm the hearts in readiness for the coming Winter.

The American Craft beer movement originally took inspiration from the historic brewing cultures but turned up the intensity levels: more hops in their IPAs and higher alcohol contents to provide balance. Fast forward a few decades and our Stateside brewing friends are now taking on the session category.

In the Spring, James Clay announced a distribution deal to bring the Colorado-based Left Hand Brewing Co back to the UK. We're delighted that a number of their beers are now permanent inclusions in our Core Beer listings.

Chimay launched a new look for their iconic Trappist beers in early May and, in changing the labels on its beers, the Chimay brewery "was determined to reaffirm its full character and give back to its bottles an identity that underlines its origins".